• Acting for America : movie stars of the 1980s
  • Record Type: Electronic resources : monographic
    Title Information: movie stars of the 1980s
    Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: EberweinRobert T., 1940-
    Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: Project Muse
    Place of Publication: New Brunswick, N.J.
    Published: Rutgers University Press;
    Year of Publication: c2010
    Description: 1 online resource (ix, 295 p.)ill. :
    Series: Star decades: American culture/American cinema
    Subject: Motion picture actors and actresses - Biography - United States -
    Online resource: http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813551135/
    Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
    ISBN: 9780813551135electronic bk.
    ISBN: 0813551137electronic bk.
    ISBN: 9780813547596hbk.
    ISBN: 0813547598hbk.
    ISBN: 9780813547602pbk.
    ISBN: 0813547601pbk.
    Content Note: Robert De Niro: star as actor auteur / Aaron Baker -- Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger: androgynous macho men / Rebecca Bell-Metereau -- Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek: country girls / William Brown-- Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise: rebellion and conformity / Michael DeAngelis -- Michael J. Fox and the Brat Pack: contrasting identities / Robert Eberwein -- Eddie Murphy: the rise and fall of the golden child / Krin Gabbard -- Sigourney Weaver : woman warrior, working girl / Chris Holmlund -- Harrison Ford: a well-tempered machismo / Adam Knee -- Sally FIeld and Goldie Hawn: feminism, post-feminism, and cactus flower politics / Christina Lane -- Meryl Streep: feminism and femininity in the era of backlash / Linda Mizejewski -- Clint Eastwood and Bruce Willis: enforcers left andright / James Morrison -- Steve Martin and John Candy:penny wise and pound foolish / Jerry Mosher -- In the wings / Robert Eberwein
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